Anuradha (Anu) Udunuwara

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    Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

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    Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka

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    Sri Lanka

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    Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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    Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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    Los Angeles CA, USA

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    Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

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    Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka

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    Geneva, Switzerland

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    London, United Kingdom

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    Global

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    Vereinigte Staaten

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    Swindon, United Kingdom

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    Vereinigte Staaten

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    Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea

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    Sri Lanka

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    Sri Lanka

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    Hertfordshire, United Kindom

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    Kandy, Sri Lanka

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    Colombo, Sri Lanka

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    Colombo, Sri Lanka

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    Colombo, Sri Lanka

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    Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

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    Kandy, Sri Lanka

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    Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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    Colombo, Sri Lanka

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    Teldeniya, Sri Lanka

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    University of Peradeniya

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    Activities and Societies: Member of The Computer, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Society of Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. (CEEES)

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    Activities and Societies: Treasurer of the Computer Society (1994/95), Member of the Interact Club, Member of the Buddhist Society, Member of the Drug Prevention Unit

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Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Institute Of Engineers Sri Lanka Graphic

    Engineering Degree Program Evaluator - Washington Accord Accreditation

    Institute Of Engineers Sri Lanka

    - Present 4 years 8 months

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  • Ethernet Academy Graphic

    Author, Member and Senior Contributor

    Ethernet Academy

    - Present 14 years 11 months

    Science and Technology

    Helps the development of Carrier/Metro Ethernet.

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    Executive Committee Member

    Internet Society Sri Lanka

    - 1 year 1 month

    Science and Technology

    Serves the Society's purposes by serving the interests of a segment of the global Internet community through a local presence; focus on local issues and developments, and use of local languages.

  • Executive Committee Member

    IEEE Central Region Sub-section

    - Present 12 years

    Science and Technology

  • Executive Committee Member

    Telecommunication Engineers' Union

    - 9 years 6 months

    Civil Rights and Social Action

    Voicing and working towards the rights of the members, while safeguarding the company.

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    Member of the IEEE Spectrum Forecaster Panel

    IEEE

    - Present 11 years 8 months

    Science and Technology

    Sharing my views and thoughts on the future technologies with IEEE.

  • Member - Organizing Committee

    Mora-Pera Engineering Reunion Oration and Annual Cricket Encounter

    - 1 year 1 month

    Science and Technology

    http://www.moraperareunion.com/

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    Volunteer

    IT4Communities

    - Present 11 years 10 months

    Science and Technology

    Assist charities and community groups in UK with IT projects.

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    Volunteer

    Catchafire

    - Present 11 years 10 months

    Social Services

    Help, when ever I can with the social work carried out by Catchafire.

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    Online Volunteer

    United Nations Volunteers

    - Present 11 years 10 months

    Social Services

    ★ Provide technical expertise
    ★ Support project and resources management (e.g. project planning)
    ★ Contribute to knowledge management (e.g. data collection)
    ★ Facilitate communication and networking (e.g. newsletters production, moderation of online discussion groups)

  • The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka Graphic

    Member of the Membership Committee

    The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka

    - 8 months

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    Served as a volunteer member of the Membership Committee of IESL, involving in membership related matters.

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    Member - IEEE P1916.1 The Standard for SDN and NFV Performance WG

    IEEE Standards Association

    - Present 8 years 4 months

    Science and Technology

Courses

  • BSc.Eng in Electrical & Electronic Engineering

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  • Communications

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  • Computer & Data Networks

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  • Data Structures

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  • Digital Signal Processing

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  • Electronics

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  • Industrial Engineering

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  • Specialopics in Computer Sciences

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Projects

  • Sri Lanka's 1st FTTH network

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    Formulating techno-commercial strategies, architect, plan and design Sri Lanka's 1st FTTH network island wide using PON.

    See project

  • Sri Lanka's 1st Carrier Grade Wi-Fi network

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    Location selection, back-haul planning, testing and regional coordination for the hotspot deployment.

    Other creators
    See project

  • Ethernet Aggregation and Access Network development

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    Architect, planing, designing, product selection and testing of Ethernet Aggregation & Access network solution.

    Other creators

  • Sri Lanka's 1st xWDM based Backbone Network (National Backbone Network - NBN)

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    Architect, planning, designing and product selection of Sri Lanka's 1st xWDM based backbone network (National Backbone Network - NBN).

    Other creators
    See project

  • Aggregation Network Strategy

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    Preparation of an Aggregation Network Strategy and documenting it.

    Role: Project Manager

    Other creators

  • G.SHDSL based Data Services access solution

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    Architect, planing, designing, product selection and testing of G.SHDSL based Data Services access solution.

    Platforms: OneAccess 1424/1432/1023, TMA Element Manager, RAD LA-210/ASMi-54L/IPmux-2L, RADView

    Other creators

  • WiMAX

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    Product selection, testing and project steering.

    Platforms: Huawei infoX-AAA, Huawei DBS3900, Huawei iManager M2000

    Role: Member- Technical Evaluation & Project Steering teams

    Other creators
    See project

  • Sri Lanka's 1st Carrier Ethernet Network

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    Architect, planning, designing, product selection and testing of Sri Lanka's 1st Carrier Ethernet Network with more than 200 EoIP/MPLS based Carrier Ethernet switches.

    Platforms: Huawei CX600-3/8 Metro Services Platform, Huawei iManager U2000

    Other creators

  • GPON Proof of Concept

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    Testing of triple play services on a complete GPON network.

    Platforms: Alcatel-Lucent 7342 Intelligent Services Access Manager Fiber to the User (ISAM FTTU), Alcatel-Lucent 7342 ISAM Optical Network Terminal (ONT), ALU 5520 Access Management System (AMS)

    Other creators

  • NGN based Data Servcie Access Network solution

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    Architect, planning, designing, product selection and testing of NGN based data service access and aggregation network.

    Platforms: ECI ST200 Service Edge Router, ECI ST50 Service Edge Router, ECI Hi-FOCuS M41 Multiservice Access Node (MSAN), ECI BG20, ECI XDM-100, ECI B-FOCuS CPE, Huawei NE40-8 Universal Service Router, Huawei CX200/300 Metro Services Platform, Huawei OptixMetro 1000, Huawei Quidway® AR28/46, Huawei UA5000 MSAN, Huawei iManager N2000, ZTE NetNumen N31 EMS, ZTE ZXR10…

    Architect, planning, designing, product selection and testing of NGN based data service access and aggregation network.

    Platforms: ECI ST200 Service Edge Router, ECI ST50 Service Edge Router, ECI Hi-FOCuS M41 Multiservice Access Node (MSAN), ECI BG20, ECI XDM-100, ECI B-FOCuS CPE, Huawei NE40-8 Universal Service Router, Huawei CX200/300 Metro Services Platform, Huawei OptixMetro 1000, Huawei Quidway® AR28/46, Huawei UA5000 MSAN, Huawei iManager N2000, ZTE NetNumen N31 EMS, ZTE ZXR10 GER/GAR, ZTE ZXR10 2800 L2Access Ethernet Switch, ZTE ZXA10 C ONUC MSAN, RAD AMC-101, RAD FCD-155, RAD RIC-155GE

    Role: Project Engineer

    Other creators

  • Sri Lanka's 1st Metro Ethernet Network

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    Architect, planning, designing, product selection, testing and implementing Sri Lanka's 1st Metro Ethernet Network with more than 100 EoIP/MPLS based Metro Ethernet switches.

    Platforms: Alcatel Lucent 7450 ESS1/7, Alcatel Lucent 7250 SAS, Alcatel Lucent 5620 SAM

    Other creators
    See project

  • STM-1/4 Data Transport Network

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    Architect, planning, designing, product selection, testing and implementing a new data transport network with more than 40 SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) cross-connectors.

    Platforms: Tellabs® 6340 Switch Node, Tellabs® 8000 Intelligent Network Manager

    Role: Project Engineer

    Other creators

Honors & Awards

  • IEEE R10 Ethics Champion

    IEEE R10

  • MEF SME Service Award (Elite)

    MEF

    In recognition of the contribution made to the development of MEF-SDCP SD-WAN certification.

  • Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET)

    Institution of Engineering and Technology

    The highest category of IET membership one can apply for, IET awards Fellowship to the high achievers – those respected professionals at the forefront of engineering, technology, or cognate disciplines for at least five years or more.

  • Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS)

    British Computer Society

    To achieve BCS Fellowship you'll be a leader in IT, recognized for your eminence, authority, or seniority in your field.

    https://www.bcs.org/membership/register-of-bcs-members

  • MEF SME Service Award (Gold)

    MEF

    In recognition of the contribution made to the development of MEF-SDCP SD-WAN certification.

  • MEF Network Expert

    MEF

    https://mefprocert.com/cert_profile/anuradha-udunuwara-18661

  • Senior Member of the Institution of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (SMIEEE)

    Institution of Electrical & Electronic Engineers

    Senior Member is the highest grade for which IEEE members can apply.

    To be eligible for application or nomination, candidates must:
    - Be engineers, scientists, educators, technical executives, or originators in IEEE-designated fields
    - Have experience reflecting professional maturity
    - Have been in professional practice for at least ten years (with some credit for certain degrees)
    - Show significant performance over a period of at least five of their years in professional…

    Senior Member is the highest grade for which IEEE members can apply.

    To be eligible for application or nomination, candidates must:
    - Be engineers, scientists, educators, technical executives, or originators in IEEE-designated fields
    - Have experience reflecting professional maturity
    - Have been in professional practice for at least ten years (with some credit for certain degrees)
    - Show significant performance over a period of at least five of their years in professional practice

  • Chartered Engineer

    Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka

    https://iesl.lk/index.php?option=com_membershipcat&view=membership_categories&layout=member_directory&Itemid=176&lang=en

  • Conference Chair / Moderator / Speaker / Panelist (2013 to 2019)

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    Speaker - 14th IEEE ICIIS 2019, Colombo (Dec 2019)

    Panelist - Vavuniya Campus International Research Symposium 2019, Vavuniya (Oct 2019)

    Speaker - Network Virtualization and SDN Asia, Singapore (Sep 2019)

    Speaker - KubeCon + CloudNativeCon and Open Source Summit China 2019, Shanghai (Jun 2019)

    Speaker - NGON & DCI World, Nice (May 2019)

    Speaker - TMF DTW, Nice (May 2019)

    Panelist - Telecoms World Asia 2019, Bangkok (Mar 2019)

    Speaker - PTC'19…

    Speaker - 14th IEEE ICIIS 2019, Colombo (Dec 2019)

    Panelist - Vavuniya Campus International Research Symposium 2019, Vavuniya (Oct 2019)

    Speaker - Network Virtualization and SDN Asia, Singapore (Sep 2019)

    Speaker - KubeCon + CloudNativeCon and Open Source Summit China 2019, Shanghai (Jun 2019)

    Speaker - NGON & DCI World, Nice (May 2019)

    Speaker - TMF DTW, Nice (May 2019)

    Panelist - Telecoms World Asia 2019, Bangkok (Mar 2019)

    Speaker - PTC'19, Honolulu (Jan 2019)

    Chair, moderator and Speaker - Network Virtualization and SDN Asia, Singapore (Sep 2018)

    Speaker & Panelist - 15th APT Telecommunication/ICT Development Forum, Colombo (Jun 2018)

    Keynote speaker and Panelist - Telco Next, Colombo (May 2018)

    Speaker - PTC'18, Honolulu (Jan 2018)

    Chair, Speaker & Panelist - BBWF, Berlin (Oct 2017)

    Speaker - PTC'17, Honolulu (Jan 2017)

    Speaker & Panelist at NGON USA, Palo Alto (Oct 2016)

    Speaker & Panelist at Network Virtualization & SDN Asia 2016, Singapore (Sep 2016)

    Speaker at ESCaPe 2016 Project Symposium, Colombo (Sep 2016)

    Speaker & Panelist - NGON EMEA, Nice (Jun 2016)

    Speaker - Network Virtualization & SDN MENA 2016, Dubai (May 2016)

    Speaker & Panelist - WDM & NGON Africa 2016, Cape Town (Feb 2016)

    Speaker & Panelist - Network Virtualization Forum Asia, Singapore (Dec 2015)

    Panelist - BBWF, London (Oct 2015)

    Speaker - NGON EMEA, Nice (Jun 2015)

    Speaker - SDN & OF APAC Congress, Singapore (May 2015)

    Speaker & Panelist - VNF Management & Orchestration, Barcelona (Apr 2015)

    Speaker & Panelist - Carrier Ethernet APAC, Singapore (Dec 2014)

    Panelist - MEF Certified Professionals Convention at GEN14, Washington DC (Nov 2014)

    Speaker - NGON USA, Dallas (Oct 2014)

    Speaker & Panelist - LTE Asia, Singapore (Sep 2014)

    Speaker & Panelist - WDM & NGON APAC, Singapore (Mar 2014)

    Speaker & Panelist - Carrier Ethernet APAC, Singapore (Dec 2013)

  • Conference Chair / Moderator / Speaker / Panelist (2020 to 2022)

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    Speaker - Interconnectivity, A Networking Convention by FEU Tech ACM Student Chapter, Virtual (Nov 2022)

    Panelist - LightReading Asia Tech 2022 Digital Symposium, Virtual (Nov 2022)

    Speaker - Telecoms Europe, 5G and Beyond virtual event (Nov 2022)

    Panelist - Total Telecom Congress, London/Virtual (Nov 2022)

    Panelist - FutureNet Asia, Singapore (Oct 2022)

    Speaker - 40th National IT Conference 2022, Colombo (Oct 2022)

    Panelist - PTC'22, Honolulu/Virtual…

    Speaker - Interconnectivity, A Networking Convention by FEU Tech ACM Student Chapter, Virtual (Nov 2022)

    Panelist - LightReading Asia Tech 2022 Digital Symposium, Virtual (Nov 2022)

    Speaker - Telecoms Europe, 5G and Beyond virtual event (Nov 2022)

    Panelist - Total Telecom Congress, London/Virtual (Nov 2022)

    Panelist - FutureNet Asia, Singapore (Oct 2022)

    Speaker - 40th National IT Conference 2022, Colombo (Oct 2022)

    Panelist - PTC'22, Honolulu/Virtual (Jan 2022)

    Panelist - LightReading Asia Tech 2021 Digital Symposium, Virtual (Nov 2021)

    Speaker - Layer123 World Congress 2021, Virtual (Nov 2021)

    Panelist - Telecoms World Asia 2021, Virtual (Nov 2021)

    Panelist – TSDSI TTDD 2021 Conference, Virtual (Oct 2021)

    Panelist – Broadband World Forum, Virtual (Oct 2021)

    Panelist - 39th National IT Conference 2020, Virtual (Oct 2021)

    Panelist – Carrier Community- Telco Infrastructure Summit 2021, Rome/virtual (Sep 2021)

    Speaker - Infotech-2021, Virtual (August 2021)

    Speaker - CommunicAsia, Virtual (Jul 2021)

    Panelist - 5G Live, Virtual (May 2021)

    Speaker - Layer123 Europe 2021, Virtual (Apr 2021)

    Speaker - 38th National IT Conference 2020, Virtual (Dec 2020)

    Panelist - Telecoms World Asia 2020, Virtual (Oct 2020)

    Speaker - Layer123 World Congress 2020, Virtual (Oct 2020)

    Moderator - Forum on Cyber Security by ITPA, Kandy (Feb 2020)

    Speaker & panelist - TMF DTME, Dubai (Jan 2020)

  • Conference Chair / Moderator / Speaker / Panelist (2023 onwards)

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    Panelist - Telecoms World Asia 2024, Bangkok (Nov 2024)

    Panelist - FutureNet Asia, Singapore (Sep 2024)

    Speaker - 51st Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF), New Jersey/Virtual (Jun 2024)

    Panelist - CommunicAsia / Asia Tech x Singapore, Singapore (May 2024)

    Speaker - TM Forum DTW Asia Tour, Mumbai (Mar 2024)

    Speaker - PTC'24, Honolulu (Jan 2024)

    Panelist - Rakuten SixthSense Leadership Symposium 2023, Colombo (Nov 2023)

    Speaker & Panelist -…

    Panelist - Telecoms World Asia 2024, Bangkok (Nov 2024)

    Panelist - FutureNet Asia, Singapore (Sep 2024)

    Speaker - 51st Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF), New Jersey/Virtual (Jun 2024)

    Panelist - CommunicAsia / Asia Tech x Singapore, Singapore (May 2024)

    Speaker - TM Forum DTW Asia Tour, Mumbai (Mar 2024)

    Speaker - PTC'24, Honolulu (Jan 2024)

    Panelist - Rakuten SixthSense Leadership Symposium 2023, Colombo (Nov 2023)

    Speaker & Panelist - Telecoms World Asia 2023, Bangkok (Nov 2023)

    Panelist - FutureNet Asia, Singapore (Oct 2023)

    Keynote speaker - 41st National IT Conference 2023, Colombo (Oct 2023)

    Keynote speaker - iPURSE 2023, Peradeniya (Sep 2023)

    Speaker - APAN56, Colombo (Aug 2023)

    Panelist - Asia Tech x Singapore, Singapore (Jun 2023)

    Speaker - Global 5G Evolution Xchanging ideas #37 International Virtual Conference (May 2023)

    Speaker & Panelist - LightReading APAC Digital Symposium, Virtual (Apr 2023)

    Speaker - TMF DTW Asia, Bangkok (Mar 2023)

    Speaker - Global 5G Evolution Xchanging ideas #34 International Virtual Conference (Feb 2023)

    Moderator & Panelist - PTC'23, Honolulu (Jan 2023)

Test Scores

  • MEF-SDN/NFV

    Score: 74/100

    MEF SDN/NFV Certified Professional skills certification is the first ISO-level exam that validates individual knowledge, skills, and abilities in the domains of SDN and NFV. Expertly designed to certify real-world, practitioner-level technical skills of SDN and NFV network/telecom operators and engineers.

  • MEF-NF

    Score: 82/100

    Network Foundations certification validates individuals’ concept-level understanding of key modern networking terms, processes, and elements. Knowledge and practice domains include SDN, NFV, Connectivity Services/CE, LSO/Orchestration, and use cases in these domains.

  • MEF-CECP

    Score: 83/100

    The MEF-CECP Program was created to recognize those same leadership qualities in the many people within those companies who design, sell, deploy and support Carrier Ethernet services and products their companies provide.

    A team of recognized Carrier Ethernet industry leaders and leading subject matter experts developed the MEF-CECP to identify the Carrier Ethernet expertise within your organization. It is the industry’s first vendor-neutral certification program and demonstrates that…

    The MEF-CECP Program was created to recognize those same leadership qualities in the many people within those companies who design, sell, deploy and support Carrier Ethernet services and products their companies provide.

    A team of recognized Carrier Ethernet industry leaders and leading subject matter experts developed the MEF-CECP to identify the Carrier Ethernet expertise within your organization. It is the industry’s first vendor-neutral certification program and demonstrates that the professionals who have passed this rigorous certification have acquired the key competency and skills to design, market, deploy and support Carrier Ethernet equipment, networks, and services that represent the next generation of telecommunications technology.

  • IELTS

    Score: 7.5

    The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) measures the language proficiency of people who want to study or work where English is used as a language of communication. It uses a nine-band scale to clearly identify levels of proficiency, from non-user (band score 1) through to expert (band score 9).

  • CCNA

    Score: 962

Languages

  • Englisch

    Full professional proficiency

  • Sinhalese

    Native or bilingual proficiency

Organizations

  • Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

    Fellow (FIET(UK))

    - Present

  • British Computer Society (BCS)

    Fellow (FBCS (UK))

    - Present

    https://www.bcs.org/membership/register-of-bcs-members

  • DevOps Institute

    Member

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    https://devopsinstitute.com/

  • OpenStack Foundation

    Foundation Member

    - Present

  • IEEE Communications Society

    Senior Member

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    SMIEEE-CS (USA)

  • Institution of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

    Senior Member (SMIEEE (USA))

    - Present

    Also a member of following communities: Cloud Computing Internet of Things Smart Cities Software Defined Networks

  • TM Forum

    Member

    - Present

  • Layer123 community of Telecom network professionals and industry activists

    Member

    - Present

  • Alumni Association of University of Peradeniya (AAUP)

    Full Life Member

    - Present

    I'm proud to have been at the University of Peradeniya

  • IEEE Sri Lanka Central Region Subsection

    Member

    - Present

  • IESL Center Central Province

    Member

    - Present

  • ISOC Sri Lanka Chapter

    Member

    - Present

  • British Computer Society (BCS)

    Professional Member (MBCS (UK))

    - Present

    Also a member of following Specialist Groups: Business Change Consultancy Green IT ICT Ethics Internet

  • Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS)

    Life Member

    - Present

    MSLAAS (SL)

  • Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL)

    Member

    - Present

    MCS (SL)

  • Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL)

    Corporate Member

    - Present

    MIE (SL)

  • IET Sri Lanka Network

    Member

    - Present

  • Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET)

    Member

    - Present

    MIET (UK)

  • IEEE Sri Lanka Section

    Member

    - Present

  • Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)

    Member

    - Present

    MIEE (UK)

  • The Internet SOCiety (ISOC)

    Global Member

    - Present

  • Peradeniya Engineering Faculty Alumni Association (PEFAA)

    Member

    - Present

  • IEEE Communications Society

    Member

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    MIEEE-CS (USA)

  • Institution of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

    Professional Member (MIEEE (USA))

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    Also a member of following communities: Cloud Computing Internet of Things Smart Cities Software Defined Networks

  • Computer, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Society of Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. (CEEES)

    Member

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  • Internet Strategy Forum

    Member

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